Boy did I have a night from hell lastnight!!!!! I worked my usual 11p to 7a and and the other nurse on with me did a 3p to 3a and then her replacement came in at 3a...obviously. Well...the 3a nurse came in sicker then a dog. It was clear to me that she was going to be worthless from the get-go. Anyways....she had 6 patients and I had 7. Well...immediately after report, she just sat down at the desk and said "I feel like I'm going to pass out"...I'm thinking, this is great!! Next..the house sup. comes around and says..."I think you need to lay down"...so she does....until 5:30am...then she gets up and sits back at the desk...holding her head...then she calls her bf and tells him how sick she feels. Meanwhile I'm running my orifice' off..trying to take care of my patients...plus hers. A load of 13 which includes 5 fresh surgicals, one going to surgery, two in isolation, one needy, crabby lady on the light every second, one that needs to be d/c'd asap so she can get to an appt. in another city, etc,etc...you get the picture. It was very stressful. Luckily the sup. stayed around and helped a lot...but still....it's like geeeeeeesssshhhh. I know that I've gone in too when I shouldn't have but man....I never just sat at the desk whining about how sick i was. Either call in or come in and expect to have to do the work.... I guess that's the moral of the story. It just makes it so much harder on your co-workers when you come in as "a fraction" of a nurse. Ok..I'm done...just really,really needed to vent on that one!!!!
